LLD for Universities of (?) London/Birmingham/Sydney/Melbourne
Ede and Ravenscroft
Category
Costume
Date
1938 - 1950
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wool
Place of origin
Chancery Lane, 33=34
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652160
Summary
Academic gown. Red robe, felted wool. Greenish gold shot silk edge band, sleeves. Matching hood. LLD.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
inscribed ; on label ; Ede and Ravenscroft \ Founded 1689 \ Robe makers by appointment to the King, to the Queen. Church, State, University, Law and Municipal Robes \ 33 and 34 Chancery Lane, London ; label sewn into neckband ; manufacturer
Makers and roles
Ede and Ravenscroft